TRAI retains 6 paise per minute Interconnection Usage Charges for one more year, will scrap charges from 2021

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) back in 2017 revised interconnection usage charges (IUC) for mobile to mobile calls to 6 paise per minute. In its Fifteenth Amendment Regulations, 2019, which prescribes revision in the date of applicability of Bill and Keep (BAK)regime in respect of wireless to wireless domestic call termination charges, TRAI has announced that for wireless to wireless domestic calls, termination charge would continue to remain as Re.0.06 (paise six only) per minute up to 31st December, 2020. Continue reading “TRAI retains 6 paise per minute Interconnection Usage Charges for one more year, will scrap charges from 2021”

TRAI cuts Interconnection Usage Charges to 6 paise, will scrap charges from 2020

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has revised interconnection usage charges (IUC) after over 2 years. It has further reduced mobile to mobile to 6 paise per minute from 14 paise per minute from 2015. This comes after an open-house held by TRAI in July regarding interconnection usage charges (IUC) where Reliance Jio proposed to make IUC zero, while incumbents such as Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone India were against it, demanding for IUC to be raised to 30-40 paise per minute. Continue reading “TRAI cuts Interconnection Usage Charges to 6 paise, will scrap charges from 2020”

TRAI cuts Interconnection Usage Charges for mobile and landline

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has revised interconnection usage charges (IUC) for both landline and mobile after almost six years. It reduced domestic termination charges for fixed to fixed, fixed to mobile, mobile to fixed and mobile to mobile from 30 paise to 20 paise per minute back in 2009. Now it has further reduced mobile to mobile to 14 paise per minute and removed termination charges completely for  fixed to fixed, fixed to mobile, mobile to fixed line. Continue reading “TRAI cuts Interconnection Usage Charges for mobile and landline”